291 Episode 291: Post-War Reconstruction

One year has passed since the Pofenian War.

Finally, I had to step into the thirties.

Thirty, thirty ... Yeah, I don't like it.

At thirty, you can see how young and fresh the twenty or twenty sound.

...... When you are in your forties, you say that thirty is young.

Alright, let's stop talking about this.

"It looks like the mercenary revolt in Pofenia has converged."

"Oh, yeah ... but in a year of rebellion, Pophenia is likely to be hit hard. At least you won't want to retake Cors and Sandals."

In fact, Belshazzar Barca seems to have given up trying to retake islands such as Trisiceria ...

Now he looks to the west.

Everything on the peninsula to the west seems to be working hard on Hexpania.

Hexpania seems to be calculated on gold, and agricultural production is thriving ... Yeah, not a bad option.

Well, that would be the correct answer.

Even if we mischief and fight with our country, only Persis is pleased.

If you segregate properly, there is nothing that cannot coexist.

"Ial, what are the other countries in the federation like?"

"Yes ... many countries are dissatisfied with the distribution of loot, but it doesn't seem to leave the Federation."

"Hmm, I can't throw it away ... but it doesn't matter."

Not a huge loot.

And money can be subdivided, but there is no way to subdivide land.

Well, we're trying to connect to the Federation by lending royal state land to nobles of other countries.

By the way, the Kingdom of Alva is receiving the most hospitality.

Maybe they gained more than the people of the Romanian kingdom.

Since the Kingdom of Alva is a valuable source of cavalry for our country, keeping them tethered is a top priority.

There is a personal friendship between me and Muzio ...

An alliance cannot be made due to personal friendship.

After all, if there is no loss between countries.

"But I wondered what would happen at one point, but I'm starting to get on track."

"Yes. Agricultural income has not yet recovered ... but commercial income has increased significantly."

By robbing the trade area of Pofenia, Japan quickly became a commercial country in the Tethys Sea.

More than anything, the mass production of warships ... accumulated know-how in building ships.

Basically, Japan traded by exporting its own products and restricting imports from other countries.

Recently, it has allowed the luxury goods to be brought into the country temporarily.

This is because transit trade has begun to flourish.

I'm worried that luxury goods will spread throughout the country, and nobles will be enthusiastic about it ... national wealth will flow out of the country.

However, since I took away the trade area of Pofenia, I was in a position to replace the luxury goods, so I eased it a little.

Of course, the luxury ban is still alive.

Nonetheless, smuggling has increased due to the easing.

Right now I can prevent it by the water, but ... I don't know what will happen.

"The tax revenues from Trisiceria are huge."

"Yes ... you can see why Trisiceria is considered a food store in the Tethys Sea. No way wheat can be harvested ..."

Trisqueria has a wealth of intangible wealth.

Pofenia seems to have earned three times more than this ...

It's easy to see how sticky it was.

But, well, it was good to apply customs duties.

If that wheat had flowed into the country as it was, our own farming would have blown out across the board.

Currently, it is encouraged to switch to production of olives and grapes.

After all there is more profit.

In some cases, imports have increased and the demand for wine and olive oil has increased as a commercial country.

Well, rising prices seem to be putting pressure on the lives of ordinary people, and we want to increase production as soon as possible.

"Silver coins with my profile have begun to circulate."

"Yes .... Sandal Island is also a rich island. That silver is calculated ... It's no wonder Pofenia could hire mercenaries that much."

However, most of the calculated silver is used to repay debt.

It's hard to know.

No matter how much the national treasury's income increases, it is hard to say that the debt will be repaid to Persis.

Let's repay it soon.

"But ... it's honest that it helped me to forgive some of my debts with alanya seda (spider silk).

Alice yarn.

Known as Alanya Seda (spider silk).

It is a finer, more durable fiber than silk from the east.

Emperor Xerxes seems to have noticed the value, saying that it is safe to pay for some of the debt.

Honestly, it's hard to scrape and return silver ...

Alanya Sedda (spider silk) repayment has been saved.

Best of all, the more popular this is in the east, the more valuable it will be and the higher it will sell.

Xerxes makes it fashionable instead of cheaply getting Alanya Seda (spider silk).

Since I can sell Alanya Sedda (spider silk) high, my debts are repaid faster.

Both gain.

…… I feel that all wealth is finally flowing to Xerxes, but that's all.

"I wanted you to allow the replacement of rock salt ... honestly."

"It wouldn't be possible ... with salt ..."

Why not pay for our specialty product, rock salt?

I was told that it was no good.

It is not good that the value is not high enough for compliment.

Well, rock salt doesn't basically dry up.

After all, it's salt.

"But when this happens, it's increasingly necessary to divert the dissatisfaction of the Member States ..."

"Because they don't benefit from commercial prosperity ..."

Basically the economically wealthy now is the southern city of Greece ...

It is around the capital Rosais.

The center of commerce and the city of Greece, of course, prosper with rosyce, a country that processes distilled spirits and other industries.

The tax revenue collected from this will be returned to the Kingdom of Romaria ...

It does not spread throughout the Federation.

At best, people are getting richer and wanting more clothes ...

The kingdom of Alva, which earns foreign currency from wool, has only become rich.

If anything, it feels like grapes and olives are cheaply bought and beaten.

Although some of the wealth is returned to the upper classes of member states, it does not reach the lower classes.

You can't let go of the many complaints of the commoners.

One can only see things in contrast.

Even if you're not poor, if you're rich and you don't change, you'll feel like you're relatively poor.

"But the only way to get rid of their dissatisfaction is to prepare land, which is a war ..."

"I'm not going to go against the Roselle kingdom."

Anyway, before the all-out war with Pofenia, national power has not yet recovered.

You need to wait a little longer.

"Roselle's kingdom was in favor of General Cryu at the moment ..."

The civil war in the Kingdom of Roselle has begun to converge.

General Kryu began to rebound rapidly.

Indeed, it should be General Kryu, defeating General Balthazar in the war ... it seems to be approaching the capital of the Kingdom of Roselle.

At this point, General Cryu's victory will be steady.

However, General Balthazar should not have given up.

He still seems to be sticky.

I hope you do your best and maintain the civil war in the Roselle Kingdom.

But recently, it's noisy ...

In the Roselle kingdom, which reigned stably as a great power, and in Pofenia, civil war broke out ...

National power is declining rapidly.

Why on earth ...

Is it all due to Japan?

How will this era look in posterity?

Is the Pofenian War a historic event? Or is n’t that a big deal?